PERTH, Australia, July 11 (UPI) -- Alcohol use in boys, the pill in girls, high salt intake and increasing weight in both sexes are risk factors for blood pressure, Australian researchers say.
Dr. Chi Le-Ha of the Royal Perth Hospital in Australia used data from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort Raine Study, in which the 2,868 live births of 2,900 pregnant women enrolled in 1989 in Perth were followed up at ages 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 14 and 17.